Zach De Pue, conductor and violinist in the ISO strings, prepares for the Classical Coffee concert in an office at the Hilbert Circle TheatreThursday, May 16, 2013. Danese Kenon/The Star

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Michael Anthony Adams

The Indianapolis Symphony Society struck an optimistic note at its ann;al meeting Monday but remained tight-lipped when pressed for details of future initiatives.

The Society, which operates the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, released audited financial results from the 2012-2013 season that showed an operating surplus of $235,558; a record $9.8 mil­lion in individual contributions; a 15 per­cent decrease in operating expenses ($23 mil­lion in fiscal 2013); a half-million dollar drop in ticket revenue (to $6.4 mil­lion in fiscal 2013), which it attributed to interruptions in ...